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big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i am never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] 125 years ago... we invented the automobile. ♪ and 80,000 patents later, we're still reinventing it. ♪ it's no coincidence that the oldest car company has the youngest and freshest line in the luxury class. mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the e-class. ♪ whose long day starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to six in a day... or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. covergirl trublend has skin twin technology. other makeup can sit on your skin, so it looks like...makeup. but trublend has skin twin technology to actually merge with your skin. how easy breezy beautiful is that? trublend...from
big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i am never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] 125 years ago... we invented the automobile. ♪ and 80,000 patents later, we're still reinventing it. ♪ it's no coincidence that the oldest car company has the youngest and freshest line...
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clean is the best way to do this, the traditional way to do this, to where we are now, which is how big a deficit reduction package should accompany it? >> well, as i think the speaker of the house is discovering tonight and is the reality that we all live with here in washington, lawrence, which is that this is a divided government. a two-party system. nobody gets entirely what he or she wants. and, yes, if we had been doing this in the normal way, as has been historically done, there would have been a clean debt ceiling vote, which traditionally has been an unpleasant vote often for members of congress, but routine and noncontroversial and certainly not tied to any kind of deficit reduction package or any other measure for that matter. what happened is that the speaker of the house made clear that -- and republicans in general that they were linking the willingness to raise the debt ceiling to significant deficit reduction. as you know, for a long time, we rejected the link. but because we believe we need to reduce our deficits and get our debt under control. we also worked concurrent
clean is the best way to do this, the traditional way to do this, to where we are now, which is how big a deficit reduction package should accompany it? >> well, as i think the speaker of the house is discovering tonight and is the reality that we all live with here in washington, lawrence, which is that this is a divided government. a two-party system. nobody gets entirely what he or she wants. and, yes, if we had been doing this in the normal way, as has been historically done, there...
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while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. can become romantic just like that. a spark might come from -- a touch, a glance -- it can come along anywhere, anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment's right even if it's not every day. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. [ man ] do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours. if y
while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. can become romantic just like that. a spark might come from -- a touch, a glance -- it can come along anywhere, anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet...
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it's going to take somebody with big ego and lots of money. in 1992, that was ross perot. >> he's little. >> yes. the only one who fits all of those descriptions now is the mayor of new york, michael bloomberg. >> simply because he's short? >> no. >> he has billions. >> he has billions, the ego and the organizational gift, by the way. he built bloomberg just the way perot built perot systems and so forth. these are guy whose know how to build empires in business, who think, some of them, that they can build a temporary empire, which is what a presidential campaign is. bloomberg says he's not going to do it. >> angus king, one of the great names of american politics, on another show this morning, one that i'm very familiar with called "daily rundown." i asked him. he brought up a candidate. a potential candidate for an independent candidacy or third-party ticket. listen. >> i think it would be somebody, a guy named chuck hagel, for example, a republican senator from nebraska. >> endorsed obama, essentially. >> yeah, yeah, and she a trick guy. i
it's going to take somebody with big ego and lots of money. in 1992, that was ross perot. >> he's little. >> yes. the only one who fits all of those descriptions now is the mayor of new york, michael bloomberg. >> simply because he's short? >> no. >> he has billions. >> he has billions, the ego and the organizational gift, by the way. he built bloomberg just the way perot built perot systems and so forth. these are guy whose know how to build empires in...
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really doesn't matter if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we can get through default, it won't be a big deal. now, john boehner doesn't believe that, mitch mcconnell doesn't believe that, but boehnor seems unable to move toward any kind of agreement, partly because he's worried about his own fate in this caucus or he's worried that if he puts together a deal that is supported by too many democrats and not enough republicans, he's also threatened. so i think it's that internal politics in the republican caucus that's blocking this. i think what might happen is that mitch mcconnell may decide to let harry reid pass his plan without threatening a filibuster. now, if he did that, the democrats could get it through with a majority. that's how most democracies do things, but not our senate, and that may set up grounds for a solution. that's about the only thing i could see right now that might begin to get us out of this or at least begin real negotiations again. >> so, speaking of that, of the idea there is, in fact, a majority rule, and that there's so much politics going on here, look, we
really doesn't matter if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we can get through default, it won't be a big deal. now, john boehner doesn't believe that, mitch mcconnell doesn't believe that, but boehnor seems unable to move toward any kind of agreement, partly because he's worried about his own fate in this caucus or he's worried that if he puts together a deal that is supported by too many democrats and not enough republicans, he's also threatened. so i think it's that internal politics in the...
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three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly wreckless and astonishingly in the grip of what a wall street guy called grover nor quist a fiscal terrorist. you have people who are unwilling to think about what it takes to run a country. and we are now looking at a major struggle in this country that's going to play out over the next few years. the size and scale of government and what it means for people who depefd on services on programs that have been part of the fabric of this life as these people try to roll back the 20th -- >> you've been around this racquet a long time, politics. we have some big stories brewing, we have this story, wisconsin. >> yeah. >> i mean, i think they're connected. >> there's a connection. >> there is a huge connection. you have the people rising up and pushing back, a -- and a sea of change taking place. that's where america's talking right now? >> what's goi
three, and also a chip away at big spending numbers. why would they miss this opportunity? >> you know, i'm not opposed to ideology, i believe it's about principles. this party is astonishingly wreckless and astonishingly in the grip of what a wall street guy called grover nor quist a fiscal terrorist. you have people who are unwilling to think about what it takes to run a country. and we are now looking at a major struggle in this country that's going to play out over the next few years....
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. >> and big money, big problems? >> gop fund-raisers staying on the sidelines. >> for mitt romney it's 70% maxed out contributions. >> is newt aware he's running for president? >> the arrests continue as the british police close in on rupert murdoch's media empire scandal. >> every day we're seeing more inconceivable things happen. >> abandon ship. in the last 24 hours there have been two high level resignations. zo london's top cop. >> rebekah brooks was released on jail. >> rupert murdoch is supposed to face the scandal head on tomorrow. >> all eyes are trained on parliament tomorrow. >> they're cutting short a trip today to south africa. >> when is he going to do the decent thing and resign? >> congress now has 15 days to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling before the united states government goes into a catastrophic default on august 2nd. today harry reid announced the senate will meet every day until the debt ceiling is raised. yesterday david rogers of politico discovered and reported that house speaker john
. >> and big money, big problems? >> gop fund-raisers staying on the sidelines. >> for mitt romney it's 70% maxed out contributions. >> is newt aware he's running for president? >> the arrests continue as the british police close in on rupert murdoch's media empire scandal. >> every day we're seeing more inconceivable things happen. >> abandon ship. in the last 24 hours there have been two high level resignations. zo london's top cop. >> rebekah...
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raising the debt ceiling is not something that usually has a big fight over it. sometimes it does, sometimes part of congress tries to leverage this vote because it's something that absolutely has to pass. in the same way crafty politicians will sometimes attach unrelated things to the pentagon budget because the pentagon budget everybody agrees has to pass, in that same way, politicians in the past tried to attach things to the debt ceilings. they not only failed, they so misunderstood the dynamics of their own party, john boehnor is so bad at his job, a political pundit at 9:00 p.m. on nbc, using this as a metaphor of what just happened to them. the breeze helps, i think. republicans blew it. they totally, utterly, 100% blew it, and today they had to essentially surrender. >> republicans senate leader mitch mcconnell presented. >> after weeks and months of fighting about it, senate republicans today proposed allowing president obama to just go ahead and raise the debt ceiling without any binding conditions just like that. in a couple of minutes on the show we'r
raising the debt ceiling is not something that usually has a big fight over it. sometimes it does, sometimes part of congress tries to leverage this vote because it's something that absolutely has to pass. in the same way crafty politicians will sometimes attach unrelated things to the pentagon budget because the pentagon budget everybody agrees has to pass, in that same way, politicians in the past tried to attach things to the debt ceilings. they not only failed, they so misunderstood the...
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that's the big danger i think we face with these big media conglomerates. i was very intrigued that when this scandal started breaking in london, rupert murdoch was actually in sun valley, idaho, for that annual gathering of what is virtually a cartel of very powerful media barons. and, you know, they look up to him because of the money he makes with his philosophy of anything goes. and the fact that they were all there in sun valley when this began to happen, i hope, is perhaps an unintended message about whether their allegiance is to the american people or their own bottom line. >> and it was at least should have been embarrassing, and maybe the test is whether or not they feel embarrassment when something like that happens. i work at a big corporate conglomerate controlled media outlet. and i feel like the way to handle this as an individual journalist for me is i have carved out a sphere here of editorial independence. on msnbc, my deal with the company is i will do shows on msnbc, and you will not tell me what to say. and they are very comfortable wit
that's the big danger i think we face with these big media conglomerates. i was very intrigued that when this scandal started breaking in london, rupert murdoch was actually in sun valley, idaho, for that annual gathering of what is virtually a cartel of very powerful media barons. and, you know, they look up to him because of the money he makes with his philosophy of anything goes. and the fact that they were all there in sun valley when this began to happen, i hope, is perhaps an unintended...
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but the people who own these dolls have been having a big fight in court. and now barbie has to pay bratz a lot of money. do you know how much? guess. >> $25,000. >> more. >> really? >> reporter: little girls don't think any less of her. >> 84 million's a drop in the bucket for barbie. >> reporter: they know there's only one barbie. >> now, crucial question. which one do you like best? >> barbie. >> you? >> barbie. >> unanimous. >> reporter: i'm david wright for "nightline" in los angeles. >> thanks to david. and thank you for watching abc news.
but the people who own these dolls have been having a big fight in court. and now barbie has to pay bratz a lot of money. do you know how much? guess. >> $25,000. >> more. >> really? >> reporter: little girls don't think any less of her. >> 84 million's a drop in the bucket for barbie. >> reporter: they know there's only one barbie. >> now, crucial question. which one do you like best? >> barbie. >> you? >> barbie. >> unanimous....
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>> lucky for you and congressman kucinich, i'm hearing this big bargain with the big three on the table is off the table so to speak. right now, senator mcconnell and reid are working on their hybrid approach. there's not enough time to consider this package that's been put for by the gang of six. there's some members who have talked about getting a one month extension to the debt ceiling, so they can have the congressional budget office score it. that's probably not going to happen p. it doesn't make sense legislatively. the more we're hearing from the gang of six proposal, the more opponent's it's getting. conservatives are against it. even though congressman kucinich is right, it would get rid of the alternative minimum tax. >> senate republican leadership aids sent mike allen an e-mail explaining why republicans don't like the gang of six plan. here it is, the president killed any chance of its success by embracing it, hailing the fact that it increases taxes, and saying it mirrors his own plan. isn't the whole gift of this not to give president obama any kind of successful leg up o
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. >> joel, in the national, statistical picture, the big focus of it, we have studies indicating 85% of lgbt students surveyed nationally say they have been bullied at school. this is, by no means, individualized to particular school districts. >> absolutely. again, it is a nationwide problem, but there are cultures created within these school districts about how to deal with it, and you find in areas either in states or school districts where the -- they have policies prohibiting this type of activity of bullying and of prohibiting any kind of discussion about homosexuality. the suicide rates amongst lgbt teens are much lower. that's something proved out in a variety of places, the fact it's higher in anoka-hennepin point to problems there. >> joel burns, thank you for returning to "the last word" tonight. where you made your network television today buh and in the process won a glad award. thanks for joining us again. >> i'm happy to be here and i hope the congresswoman ends her silence soon. >> thank you, joel. thank you. you can have the last word
. >> joel, in the national, statistical picture, the big focus of it, we have studies indicating 85% of lgbt students surveyed nationally say they have been bullied at school. this is, by no means, individualized to particular school districts. >> absolutely. again, it is a nationwide problem, but there are cultures created within these school districts about how to deal with it, and you find in areas either in states or school districts where the -- they have policies prohibiting...
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there is no time to get something this big done before the august 2 deadline. it literally cannot be passed through the senate in time even if everybody likes it. the other rainbow/sunshine problem here is the president and the senate agreeing on this or anything doesn't get you further towards raising the debt ceiling, it's not just the president and the senate, it's crazy town down the hallway too, it's john boehner's republican house, that likes the idea of the nation defaulting, that thinks the explosion of the economy might be pretty or at least warm for a second. they are not looking for a good deal or achieve particular policy objectives, regardless of what they get, they are not going to vote to raise the debt ceiling. the republicans who are running for president from the house of representatives, for example, are not saying don't raise the debt ceiling unless, don't raise the debt ceiling until, they are saying don't raise the debt ceiling at all. let's see what happens. this is how republican congresswoman michele bachmann's first presidential campai
there is no time to get something this big done before the august 2 deadline. it literally cannot be passed through the senate in time even if everybody likes it. the other rainbow/sunshine problem here is the president and the senate agreeing on this or anything doesn't get you further towards raising the debt ceiling, it's not just the president and the senate, it's crazy town down the hallway too, it's john boehner's republican house, that likes the idea of the nation defaulting, that thinks...
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a big jock. and pat instead of sort of flinching or running away turned around and said, yeah, i am a queer. kiss me. and the bully said, what are you talking about? and he said i'm a queer. you called me queer. i am a queer. kiss me. i'll prove it. and the bully didn't know what to say. and he just turned around and walked away quietly. and i was stunned. i couldn't believe the magic that pat had just worked. he had somehow figured out that if you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. and you actually have power over those people. and that's a lesson that i am grateful to him for, for my entire life. so if you can, realize the things that people say about you don't really matter. it's who you are. and the older you get, the more you'll understand that, because it gets better. people get nicer too. >>> and there is breaking news tonight in the it does get better department. secretary of defense leon panetta will reportedly certify that th
a big jock. and pat instead of sort of flinching or running away turned around and said, yeah, i am a queer. kiss me. and the bully said, what are you talking about? and he said i'm a queer. you called me queer. i am a queer. kiss me. i'll prove it. and the bully didn't know what to say. and he just turned around and walked away quietly. and i was stunned. i couldn't believe the magic that pat had just worked. he had somehow figured out that if you don't give power to the words that people...
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contracts come in 2014, that is going to be the big. there is also one big hangup over the recertification of the players association. they filed an anti-trust lawsuit which they will have to settle before they do this deal as part of filing that, they had to re-certify, jeff. so there is some hangup as to whether they can get a deal done in principle before re-certifying and there is kind of a difference of opinions between the owners and the players there as well. >> all right. cnbc's darren rovell. thank you so much. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> and coming up a killer taunts his victim's husband in court and now the widower is facing charges for the courtroom outburst and it is today's "newsnation" gut check. >>> but first a lot going on today and some things that we thought you should know. maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger's son christopher is recovering after a surfing accident that left him hospitalized. he broke ribs and suffered from a collapsed lung. he is in serious condition, but he is expected to make a full
contracts come in 2014, that is going to be the big. there is also one big hangup over the recertification of the players association. they filed an anti-trust lawsuit which they will have to settle before they do this deal as part of filing that, they had to re-certify, jeff. so there is some hangup as to whether they can get a deal done in principle before re-certifying and there is kind of a difference of opinions between the owners and the players there as well. >> all right. cnbc's...
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where we're going to end up, it's we're going to end up with some kind of short-term extension, no big deal, and then everybody's going to blame everybody else for the fact we didn't get anything done. you talk about the gang of six, there's a gang of 300 million out there, the american people, who are completely fed up with this. they elect representatives to take care of housekeeping chores, and this is a grand housekeeping chore, and they are failing at the process of doing it. >> howard, i'm wondering, does the same thing go for -- it is my sense it does. boehnor is actually not the most disappointed guy in the capitol, he knew he was putting together something that wasn't real and that cbo shooting it down is not some big shock to him, that he was just putting together to claim he was putting something together. >> that's true too. maybe there was a smidgen of sincerity there and knowing him and having covered him, but yeah, they both want to be able to say after we all go off the edge of a cliff that it was the other person's fault, and that's exactly the situation we're in right
where we're going to end up, it's we're going to end up with some kind of short-term extension, no big deal, and then everybody's going to blame everybody else for the fact we didn't get anything done. you talk about the gang of six, there's a gang of 300 million out there, the american people, who are completely fed up with this. they elect representatives to take care of housekeeping chores, and this is a grand housekeeping chore, and they are failing at the process of doing it. >>...
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he said we need a long-term solution, he said we need a big solution, a grand solution, the president offered that, it was clear that he could have gotten that deal, in my opinion. the first time that he walked away from the deal, and i'm absolutely convinced, having talked to the president, he could have gotten a deal the second time he walked away. the problem is i think his party wants to play politics, his party irresponsibly wants to hold hostage the credit of the united states and every american's credit to politics. hopefully mr. boehnorç will return to his original concept that we ought to have a long-term, get us out of the election era, and what he's always said he wants is stability to businesses can count on our policies. well, he's suggested something absolutely the opposite of what he said is good policy. >> congressman hoyer, i appreciate your semantic correction of what i said about the democrats -- >> schumer said that. >> my point about it, though, is that -- and i think senator schumer's point can also be taken is we have a history here now, going back the last fe
he said we need a long-term solution, he said we need a big solution, a grand solution, the president offered that, it was clear that he could have gotten that deal, in my opinion. the first time that he walked away from the deal, and i'm absolutely convinced, having talked to the president, he could have gotten a deal the second time he walked away. the problem is i think his party wants to play politics, his party irresponsibly wants to hold hostage the credit of the united states and every...
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they're going to protect the big three. they want some revenue increases although the two plans on the table don't have that. so we still could be a long way from some kind of conclusion. obama associate told me today that if the president had an extension come to his desk, he feels that president would be obligated to sign it. what's the president going to do? not sign an extension? let the economy default? that's not a very good option. joining us now live from capitol hill, house minority whip steny hoyer of maryland. congressman, great to have you with us tonight. it has been a whirlwind of news. i'll just ask you straight up, what can you tell us at this hour? where are we? >> i think what we're seeing, ed, is a stark example of why we could not no matter what we did come to a compromise with the republicans. their leader wanted to do that. but the party of no is saying no to their own deal. the party of no is putting at risk the american taxpayer, the american family and america itself. i think the american public has
they're going to protect the big three. they want some revenue increases although the two plans on the table don't have that. so we still could be a long way from some kind of conclusion. obama associate told me today that if the president had an extension come to his desk, he feels that president would be obligated to sign it. what's the president going to do? not sign an extension? let the economy default? that's not a very good option. joining us now live from capitol hill, house minority...
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big papi gets this one. red sox won the game 8-6. >>> and now the ever-popular tour de france gets a much needed day off. after a barrage of crashes and injuries. sunday's stage nine included the worst one yet. check this out. a french camera crew traveling in the car, willie geist driving, swerves. oh, my -- oh! are you all right? two cyclists crashed, and rider went into barbed wire fence. later said he was happy to be alive. me, too. incredibly both guys continued and finished the stage. french crew has been banned from the rest of the race. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," president obama want a meeting every day but will it be enough? we'll kick that around the table on "morning joe". >>> when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler with two men staging a harrowing jail break attempt all caught on camera. [ female announcer ] now, give dry, damaged hair a whole new life! with aveeno nourish plus moisturize. active naturals wheat formulas target and help rep
big papi gets this one. red sox won the game 8-6. >>> and now the ever-popular tour de france gets a much needed day off. after a barrage of crashes and injuries. sunday's stage nine included the worst one yet. check this out. a french camera crew traveling in the car, willie geist driving, swerves. oh, my -- oh! are you all right? two cyclists crashed, and rider went into barbed wire fence. later said he was happy to be alive. me, too. incredibly both guys continued and finished the...
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will the president cave on the big three? florida congressman, allan grayson has a few thoughts and a big announcement you will hear only on "the ed show." mitchell bachmann is pulling ahead in iowa, and sticking her foot in her mouth on slavery again. and explosive new allegations made by a former nypd officer about 9/11 victims' families. tonight, calls for officials to investigate. good evening, republicans are willing to gut the entire social safety next but still, refuse to raise one dime in taxes. the president called them on the carpet this morning. >> i have bent over backwards to work with the republicans, to try to come up with a formulation that doesn't require them to vote, some time in the next m to increase taxes. what i have said, to identify a revenue package that makes sense, comensurate with the sacrifices we are asking other people to make, then i am happy to work with you. >> the last thing boehner wants to do, no interest in asking for shared sacrifice from the rich. >> we have 9.2% unemployment. their pr
will the president cave on the big three? florida congressman, allan grayson has a few thoughts and a big announcement you will hear only on "the ed show." mitchell bachmann is pulling ahead in iowa, and sticking her foot in her mouth on slavery again. and explosive new allegations made by a former nypd officer about 9/11 victims' families. tonight, calls for officials to investigate. good evening, republicans are willing to gut the entire social safety next but still, refuse to raise...
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, anything half as big as this with an opposition party. they forgot the maxim often repeated by participants to the press, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to, and with some of the democrats at the table doing the smart thing, continuing to smile and nod as the republicans targeted spending cuts they would like, the rookie republican negotiators made the mistake of thinking they had reached areas of agreement with the democrats when, in fact, absolutely nothing had been agreed to, not one dollar, not one spending cut had been agreed to because everything was never agreed to. naively thinking they were making progress in those negotiations with the white house, which, it turns out, really were only discussions, not negotiations, the rookie republican negotiators were lulled into allowing the clock to run down on the time left before the treasury risks default and hits the debt ceiling on august 2nd. the president timed his changing of the subject to taxation perfectly. once the republicans realized the president was truly ins
, anything half as big as this with an opposition party. they forgot the maxim often repeated by participants to the press, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to, and with some of the democrats at the table doing the smart thing, continuing to smile and nod as the republicans targeted spending cuts they would like, the rookie republican negotiators made the mistake of thinking they had reached areas of agreement with the democrats when, in fact, absolutely nothing had been agreed...
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big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i am never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. >>> a month before he passed away, former west virginia senator robert bird announced he would vote to repeal the u.s. military's don't ask, don't tell policy. his vote was critical. but senator byrd's vote came with conditions. he said it hinged on writing into the legislation a 60-day delay in the actual repeal after certification that the military was ready for repeal. the certification would have to come from the president, the secretary of defense, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. now, two of those three necessary certifications we are told will come tomorrow, when defense secretary leon panetta and the joint chiefs of staff will certify that the pentagon is ready to repeal the policy. the president is scheduled to meet with secretar
big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i am never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. >>> a month before he passed away, former west virginia senator robert bird announced he would vote to repeal the u.s. military's don't ask, don't tell policy. his vote was critical. but senator byrd's vote came with...
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and rupert murdoch brings in the big guns. he hires the lawyer who represented oliver north in the iran scandal as the justice department begins looking into news corp.'s activities. this pr alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. with the hotels.com 48-hour sale, the possibilities are endless. interesting... save up to 50% this tuesday and wednesday only. hotels.com. be smart. book smart. ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yourself. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn hotels, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and now stay rewarded with vacat
and rupert murdoch brings in the big guns. he hires the lawyer who represented oliver north in the iran scandal as the justice department begins looking into news corp.'s activities. this pr alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds...
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that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to step up and say what he would do. he gets an "a" just for effort. i think the result is, a very solid plan. because remember, what we're talking about is cutting the growth and spending. washington budget is not a kitchen table budget situation. we are talking about cutting four trillion or six trillion over 10 years sounds like a huge amount. it is cutting the growth. it is not cutting back on a situation that is at an all-time high. >> sean: do you think what we see happening in greece, spain, italy, portugal and europe, do you think that is going t
that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to...
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big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i will never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. with other top companies. with an esurance quote, you know you're getting a great deal. you can thank our tech team for that. sure, i'll let them know. bye-bye. aha! anything you want to share? with the tech team? oh, i'm dating that girl in accounting. seriously? yeah, we're pretty serious. [ female announcer ] know if you're getting a great
big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i will never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy,...
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this is big bad for him. back stateside senators jay rockefeller barba boxer and peter king have called in for investigations into whether murdoch broke u.s. laws. >>> joins us is jay -- and gabriel sherman entitled "fox news made a circus" and boy does he regret it now. gabrielle, i think you've written about me at different times, so let's talk about the journalism -- no harm done, i don't think, there. but let me ask the question. the investigation that's going on, peter king is a red-hot going after kind of guy, especially new york stuff involving the victims of 9/11. if it can be determined that murdoch's people did here what they did there, gone in and hacked into people's e-mail, people's telephone lines to find out information about the victims of 9/11, how hot is that? >> gosh, chris, i mean, that is the, you know, that is the big elephant in the room, but i think it's important to point out that there's no evidence thus far that any of that hacking activity has occurred stateside. >> why would it no
this is big bad for him. back stateside senators jay rockefeller barba boxer and peter king have called in for investigations into whether murdoch broke u.s. laws. >>> joins us is jay -- and gabriel sherman entitled "fox news made a circus" and boy does he regret it now. gabrielle, i think you've written about me at different times, so let's talk about the journalism -- no harm done, i don't think, there. but let me ask the question. the investigation that's going on, peter...
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push for the big cuts republicans say they want. if they turn their back on those big cuts, the president is in the strongest position to say they are not living up to their principles. >> and there is no chance of them accepting any kind of big deal at all because the president is insisting that there be tax revenue increases in there. so the president knows that he is pushing something that they absolutely cannot agree to. so at this point, what the president does seem to be doing is what you just said, is making his position appear to be the one who wants to do the big move on deficit reduction, and forcing these republicans to back away from big deficit reduction, thereby, he hopes, neutralizing deficit reduction as an issue against him in the presidential campaign. >> well, look, he's talked about deficit reduction all the way through. but remember, it's not just his position here. it's 2/3 of the american public. we have a slew of polls here saying that 2/3 of the american people want to see some combination of taxes and spend
push for the big cuts republicans say they want. if they turn their back on those big cuts, the president is in the strongest position to say they are not living up to their principles. >> and there is no chance of them accepting any kind of big deal at all because the president is insisting that there be tax revenue increases in there. so the president knows that he is pushing something that they absolutely cannot agree to. so at this point, what the president does seem to be doing is...
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you have to stick it to the big guys. congressman, thanks. >> thank you. >>> all right joining me now, chief congressional correspondent for the national journal. doesn't want to kick the can down the road. >> right. >> sounded like a guy who, if that's the deal that's cut and there's a temporary deal, right now, that's what smells like is coming. >> yes. >> he did say i will vote against that. what they say and don't say matters. he didn't say i will vote against them. it's going to have to be against the house leadership to agree to a short term resolution to this absent huge deal. >> eric cantor told me this week, there's a great column on this, a great column about eric cantor. if we look in five pots here, the white house, senate republicans, not democrats house democrats, all reluctantly support the short term deal. the one who wouldn't, house republicans. >> they don't want to vote twice. there's a number of the house majority that total 239 that want this to be the moment of decision. they don't want a moment of i
you have to stick it to the big guys. congressman, thanks. >> thank you. >>> all right joining me now, chief congressional correspondent for the national journal. doesn't want to kick the can down the road. >> right. >> sounded like a guy who, if that's the deal that's cut and there's a temporary deal, right now, that's what smells like is coming. >> yes. >> he did say i will vote against that. what they say and don't say matters. he didn't say i will vote...
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. >> any big plans? >> may light off a firework fmplgts they're illegal where you live, i won't tell anyone. >> just between you and me. >> exactly right. >>> thanks for staying with us the next hour. it is the start of a long fourth of july weekend. one of those days where if you are not on vacation already, you sort of feel like a sucker, because it feels like everybody else is on vacation. but even on a sultry friday night in july, heading into a long holiday weekends, there are two outstanding things that happened in american politics today. there is no relationship to what another whatsoever. i won't stremp and try to make one. we're going to do one of these stories and then the other. the first one is this -- >> conservatism is an act of creation and love. a love for a cherished way of life we have inherited and will bequeath to our children. conservatism is the ligation of ideology. we sent our mind to the world. not of the world to our mind. we'll move every mountain. we will meet every challenge
. >> any big plans? >> may light off a firework fmplgts they're illegal where you live, i won't tell anyone. >> just between you and me. >> exactly right. >>> thanks for staying with us the next hour. it is the start of a long fourth of july weekend. one of those days where if you are not on vacation already, you sort of feel like a sucker, because it feels like everybody else is on vacation. but even on a sultry friday night in july, heading into a long holiday...
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there's just a big concern about the regulatory climate so people are caucus about the way they make their business and growing and spending money and making it difficult for people to get through the economic downturn. >> does it feel different than a couple of years ago? >> it is. our members are saying it's worse, that the political climate is so much worse these days that people are putting politics over policy and making good decisions so there's a big concern about that instability and how it affects the economy longer term and how it trickles down to a small business owner who is just trying to sort his family and grow his business. >> you wrote an interesting article in "the new york post." if things go well, that's one scenario, if things don't go well, what should we think about. >> sort of in spite of what's happening in the economy, some of the things i recommend running a simmer promotion. i'll give you 25% off a certain amount of business if in exchange you pay in full by 31st. so i think compromise is fine when you're making deals with clients. i don't recommend conces
there's just a big concern about the regulatory climate so people are caucus about the way they make their business and growing and spending money and making it difficult for people to get through the economic downturn. >> does it feel different than a couple of years ago? >> it is. our members are saying it's worse, that the political climate is so much worse these days that people are putting politics over policy and making good decisions so there's a big concern about that...
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it's a big, big step forward for the senate. if that could be wrapped into a proposal that would provide the length of time to do it and do it carefully, i think you have an arrangement. but i think this business of -- you know, here you have two months of negotiation with the vice president, and the republican walked out. you had hours of negotiations with the president, and the republican walked out. they said no to simpson bowls, and they said no to the -- >> to be fair, there were parts of simpson bowls that democrats also said no to. we get down to that. because our time with you is short i want to move on a little about that let's say you are more or less optimistic that we will get the debt ceiling done and move on to a different subject? >> i am neither. this is the first time in 19 years that i feel that something that can be done simply is being held hostage for a very high stakes game. >> you have a new bill you call the respect for marriage act, which would undo the defensive marriage act which defines marriage betwe
it's a big, big step forward for the senate. if that could be wrapped into a proposal that would provide the length of time to do it and do it carefully, i think you have an arrangement. but i think this business of -- you know, here you have two months of negotiation with the vice president, and the republican walked out. you had hours of negotiations with the president, and the republican walked out. they said no to simpson bowls, and they said no to the -- >> to be fair, there were...
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tonight people are going to pack downtown baltimore to see the big fireworks show. will the show go on without any threat of a thunderstorm. here is wit with a look at the forecast. >> i can't say without any stretch but just a slight chance of a passing storm. we have hazy sunshine. look at the people packing things down here. it is warm. upper 80s right now. you can see down through millersville. almost 95 now in easton. we'll show you maryland's most powerful radar. there are no storms surrounding baltimore. further west there are storms in western maryland, cumberland towards frostburg and friendsville area. this is the area where we are seeing storms right now. optimistic that whatever storms continue to move west will dive south into virginia and miss most of our fireworks. the rest of this evening will go 80s. scattered storms to the west. warm and muggy. we'll talk about your back to work forecast coming up. >>> let's talk money right now. in your money tonight working at the white house comes with some pretty good perks. you get to know the president. you m
tonight people are going to pack downtown baltimore to see the big fireworks show. will the show go on without any threat of a thunderstorm. here is wit with a look at the forecast. >> i can't say without any stretch but just a slight chance of a passing storm. we have hazy sunshine. look at the people packing things down here. it is warm. upper 80s right now. you can see down through millersville. almost 95 now in easton. we'll show you maryland's most powerful radar. there are no storms...
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. >> i heard a big boom. it was like arriving at a war scene in some kind of movie. fire, people in the street injured. >> reporter: the streets carpeted with broken glass, windows blown out. smoke rising from the center of town. >> you can a aually smell the burning from the blasts. >> it looks like a war zone. there was people running around with blood from their head. it was kind of panic. >> reporter: the sidewalks quickly became a makeshift emergency room. bystanders raced to help t t injured. horror in the face of those who witnessed the carnage. worst hit, a government building, home to the prime minister. luckily, he wasn't there. also damaged, the headquarters of a tabloid newspaper, as well as smaller buildings nearby. inside those buildings, the dead, and those too badly wounded to get out. rescue efforts lasted into the night while everyone else in oslo was warned to stay away from downtown. then, two hours later, on an island less than an hour south of the capital, a nightmare of a different kind. a man described as tall an blond who police have linked t
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. >>> a big euro debt deal. a new owner for chrysler and a royal dash duty free, your look at business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, washington fans actually happy jason worth is struggling and nfl owners are ready for football. but are the players? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. new neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. here's some of the top stories making news this morning. senior defense officials tell nbc news today the pentagon will announce that both secretary of defense leon panetta and all of the joint chiefs have certified the military is ready to repeal don't ask don't tell. president obama signed the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay troops in december. since then, the military has been preparin
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. >>> we know the budget, going into these big ticket items. how would you really reduce the spending, but getting rid of something big? in the trillion-dollar level? what would you get rid of? >> i was one of the folks last week who introduced an amendment that said, let's at least freeze defense spendsing. i did that. it's not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, it's important to me. i think constituency in my state. we did that. we only got 65 democrats and only 70 republicans. i'm willing to put everything on the table to be serious about spending reductions. >> what do we do about the big entitlements that go through the roof as people get older and older. you can't limit the number of people turning 65 by law. how do you deal with the cost increase? >> let's start by being honest with ourselves. i think the president did that this week. if you read his veto message about cut, cap and balance, he says the only reasons he opposes a balanced budget amendment is that it prevents us from keeping our promises to the sen
. >>> we know the budget, going into these big ticket items. how would you really reduce the spending, but getting rid of something big? in the trillion-dollar level? what would you get rid of? >> i was one of the folks last week who introduced an amendment that said, let's at least freeze defense spendsing. i did that. it's not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, it's important to me. i think constituency in my state. we did that. we only got 65...
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governor of texas and, of course, the big p. still waits to see what happens with sarah palin. >> funny, if were you from another planet, mike, you notice that the people are heavy set. the bigger people like jeb, and like certainly haley barbour my pal.ç and chris christie. heavy set guys, using the right terms, aren't running. the skinny minis are running. i don't know what that's about. must be politically correct to be skinny these days. i appreciate your -- up next, the gunman in those horrific attacks in norway says he wanted to take his country back for the muslims and immigrants, blaming liberals for pushing multiculturalism. a very sensitive topic. let's look at the state of right wing extremism in europe. this is "hardball" only on msnbc. >> ( rooster crows ) >> by 2020, 50 billion network devices will roam the earth. that's seven devices per person. this will change how we work in ways we've never before imagined. what do you need to secure your people, their devices, and your business? a network that can evolve and
governor of texas and, of course, the big p. still waits to see what happens with sarah palin. >> funny, if were you from another planet, mike, you notice that the people are heavy set. the bigger people like jeb, and like certainly haley barbour my pal.ç and chris christie. heavy set guys, using the right terms, aren't running. the skinny minis are running. i don't know what that's about. must be politically correct to be skinny these days. i appreciate your -- up next, the gunman in...
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. >> reporter: let's not mix a lot of different things into one big pot. the poll you referred to was a poll that was done the day after dominique strauss-kahn's arrest. it was a poll that was faultily done. it was declared illegal and done as people were still trying to adjust and absorb the reality that one of the most powerful men in the world who could have been president could have committed such a crime as he was about to announce his nomination. so, i disregard the importance of that poll that said early on that a majority of the french thought that he might have been the victim of a plot. as for france having different sexual morays, seduction is not criminality, seduction is playful, should be enjoyable. committing a violent crime against a woman which was what was alleged to have happened is appalling for any french person. and so one has to make that distinction. what is the bridge between seduction and a violent crime is the potential abuse of power which is -- which is also something that is endemic in french life. >> you make a point that's w
. >> reporter: let's not mix a lot of different things into one big pot. the poll you referred to was a poll that was done the day after dominique strauss-kahn's arrest. it was a poll that was faultily done. it was declared illegal and done as people were still trying to adjust and absorb the reality that one of the most powerful men in the world who could have been president could have committed such a crime as he was about to announce his nomination. so, i disregard the importance of...
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the big question now, how might wall street react this morning? >> it's unthinkable that this country will not meet its obligations on time. it's just unthinkable that we'd ever do that. >> reporter: a market slide could affect what you pay for mortgages, car loans, financing college. right now, washington is stuck on the timing. democrats and republicans want to tighten this up now. >> i don't think they have they choice. >> reporter: republicans want a short-term deal. cut $1 trillion now. and then, more cuts through the elections. >> and not some short-term gimmick. >> i know the president's worried about this next election. my god. shouldn't we be worried about the country? >> reporter: speaker boehner told conservatives to be ready to make compromises. >> if you break it, you own it. >> reporter: has the world been looking at all of this? one english official says right-wing nutters, as he calls them, in congress, are causing more of a problem for the economic economy than the crisis in europe. >>> the man accused in the massacre and bomb att
the big question now, how might wall street react this morning? >> it's unthinkable that this country will not meet its obligations on time. it's just unthinkable that we'd ever do that. >> reporter: a market slide could affect what you pay for mortgages, car loans, financing college. right now, washington is stuck on the timing. democrats and republicans want to tighten this up now. >> i don't think they have they choice. >> reporter: republicans want a short-term deal....
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it's going to take somebody with big egoand lots of money. in 1992 that was ross perot. >> he's little. >> the only one who fits all of those descriptions how is the mayor of new york michael bloomberg. >> because he's short? >> no. he's got billions and the ego and the organizational gift, by the way, he built bloomberg just the way perot build perot systems and so forth. these are guys who know how to build empires and business who think some of them that they can build a temporary empire which is what a presidential campaign is. bloomberg say he's not doing it. >> chris, i want to play for you angus king. he was on another show this morning, one that i'm familiar with called the daily rundown. he brought up a candidate. listen to who angus king floats as a potential candidate for an independent candidacy or third party ticket. listen. >> i think it would be somebody, a guy named chuck hagel a republican senator from nebraska. >> who endorsed obama, essentially. >> she a terrific guy. i could say a guy like that and maybe a slightly disaffe
it's going to take somebody with big egoand lots of money. in 1992 that was ross perot. >> he's little. >> the only one who fits all of those descriptions how is the mayor of new york michael bloomberg. >> because he's short? >> no. he's got billions and the ego and the organizational gift, by the way, he built bloomberg just the way perot build perot systems and so forth. these are guys who know how to build empires and business who think some of them that they can...
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so that's had a big, big role in, you know, getting this deficit. it cost about $1 million for every troop that we have in afghanistan. so i think that people are recognizing that defense has got to be part of this. and secretary gates basically has played a shell game. you give him too much credit. yeah, he said let's spend more on the state department, but he didn't want to take any money from defense. where did he think we were going to get it? he pretended that he was cutting the defense budget, but he never did. for example, in 2008, when he presented what he thought would be his last budget to congress, the 2009 budget under the bush administration, he said by 2012, we'll need about $543 billion in the base budget. know what he asked for this year? $553. this is after he pretended all these cuts. we've got to make some real cuts now if we're going to get this deficit under control. >> what kind of leadership do you think it's going to be needed and can be expected in order to get something like that done? republicans obviously are really pound
so that's had a big, big role in, you know, getting this deficit. it cost about $1 million for every troop that we have in afghanistan. so i think that people are recognizing that defense has got to be part of this. and secretary gates basically has played a shell game. you give him too much credit. yeah, he said let's spend more on the state department, but he didn't want to take any money from defense. where did he think we were going to get it? he pretended that he was cutting the defense...